March 2009 - Caravan rear bumper with bike rack mounting point
Making a rear bumper for Dad's Caravan to mount the bike rack onto and to offer some protection has been a plan on the cards since i first used the caravan 2 years ago.
After picking up the caravan from storage in Portarlington and on our way home we made a detour to Cath's Dads to have a rummage around his back-yard for some steel. We found a nice looking piece of 100x50 from a pallet packing shelf for the bumper itself, some 75x75 angle and some 50x50 box tube to form the bumper mounts.
With the steel in hand i came up with a rough plan which David dropped over to have a look and confirmed that it would be okay. From here i came up with the final design and cut the steel to suit ready for David to weld for me.
Taking the caravan over to David's we spent the day welding up the bumper bar and putting the spare wheel carrier on... with David doing all the welding :) .
A quick coat of black kill-rust applied with a brush and it looks like its always been there.
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March 2009 - Caravan rear bumper with bike rack mounting point
